SebastianBlue
President, International Julian Alvarez Fan Club
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That was the performance of someone under the influence or who was losing it, and who could only be exposed to people for a short period.
Gets question - doesn't answer it, but talks of himself, or slates the Federal Reserve again.
Gets question - doesn't answer it, but says how great everything is, and that it's other people's fault (he managed not to insult the Democrats though)
Wanders off, and on the third attempt manages to leave.
Then Pence steps up, and the difference in clarity is night and day.
I said during his press conference last night that even for him — and that is a very low standard, mind — he looked and sounded weak, bumbling, and unfocused. He usually struggles to read anything and often sounds like he is pissed when speaking for long periods but he was especially slurring his words last night and today and having trouble understanding the simple questions posed to him.Reporter: are you going to extend the travel ban to the UK?
Trump: we're thinking about it
five minutes later...
Pence: the travel ban will be extended to the UK on Monday night
It's almost as if he can't remember.
It’s complete conjecture, of course, but I wouldn’t be shocked if he was actually sick. May not even be the novel coronavirus, just a cold or the flu, which for someone in his poor health state and constant stress levels would still be very problematic. Now add to that his supposedly heading the response to a viral outbreak and you can see why they would try to manage it to make it seem like he is fine.
It will be interesting to see how much we see or hear of him over the next few days. Though, I still think reports that he has a few people that post on his twitter account in his “voice” are probably true so his twitter presence would remain fairly consistent whilst Pence would take over more of the public coordination duties.